The Edo State Government has called for off-takers of maize, cassava and rice harvest from farmers under its Agripreneur project in the coming planting season....
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) 2017 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) says about 50.8 per cent of Nigerian children, ages between five and 17, are...
…as NIRSAL, NAICOM, IFC parleys on IBAI The Federal Government, has said that it is working with a Kenyan firm to develop innovative insurance products for...
The Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment, Hajiah Aisha Abubakar, said Nigeria would benefit immensely from the Shea Industry if the informal sector was...
The Federal Government says it has so far trained more than 8,000 farmers on rice value chain activities under the Agricultural Transformation Agenda Support Programme (ATASP)...
Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has pledged his administration’s commitment to reviving the reading culture in the state with a view to address challenges...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that Nigeria local fish production has risen from 450,000 metric tonnes to 1.1 million metric tonne. He said this at...
The CBN has released the guideline for the Agri-business and small and medium enterprise investment scheme for banks are required to set `side 5 per cent...
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Chief Audu Ogbe has challenged the CBN and Banks in the country to a national debate over the current high...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has formed strategic partnerships with agricultural commodity associations in the country in its effort to expand the implementation of the...
Four organisations including Nestle and USAID have initiated a training programme for volunteers in the field of agriculture and agribusiness in Kaduna State. The News Agency...
African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina’s agripreneur fund set up last week to finance and attract African youths to agriculture business, has risen to $600,000. Adesina...
Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, the Nigerian born President of the African Development Bank has became the sixth African to be awarded the World Food...
The President of African Development Bank (AfDB), DrAkinwumi Adesina, said that Africa will be spending up to US$110 billion net by 2025 on food importation if...
Managing Director of Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority NSIA Mr Uche Orji, (NSIA), has advised farmers to buy fertiliser early for the 2018 farming season to ease...